Desdemona Shaft

The Desdemona Shaft is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Desdemona Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.92167, -114.44944

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Desdemona Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desdemona Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR SUMMIT OF TREASURE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Comment (Workings): SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.W., 1907, MIN. & SCI. PRESS, P. 177.

Reference (Deposit): SHAW, S.F., 1909, ENG. & MIN. JOUR., VOL. 88, P. 545-548


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.